Lily Allen gives advice to Glastonbury partiers on getting through the post-festival ‘comedown’

By Liam On Jun 26, 2023

Lily Allen has given her advice to Glastonbury festival goers on how to deal with the ‘comedown’ after partying.

The 38-year-old singer turned actress is no stranger to the hustle and bustle of the much-anticipated festival, having attended and performed there many times over the years.

Last year she joined Olivia Rodrigo as a surprise guest on stage to perform her hit F**k You, having previously performed at the festival in 2007 and 2009.

While Lily was absent from Glastonbury this year due to her leading West End role in The Pillowman, she still made sure to offer some advice to festival goers.

Lily warned on Twitter that it could take up to a month to recover from the highly anticipated music festival and shared her top tips for a speedy recovery.

Words of wisdom: Lily Allen has given her advice to Glastonbury festival goers on how to deal with the ‘comedown’ after partying

Lily, who has been sober for four years, wrote, “The thoughts are with those embarking on their post-Glastonbury comedowns today: YOU WILL GET THROUGH THIS.

“It will take anywhere from a week to a month, depending on your age and what exactly you ate, but you’ll get through it.”

“Start with a good bowl, some electrolytes, berocca, lots of water and steer clear of anything like Grays Anatomy or The Notebook,” she added in a second tweet.

Glastonbury concluded epically on Sunday evening with a headlining set from Elton John in what was the star’s last ever UK show.

Other stars on stage at the highly anticipated annual music festival included the Arctic Monkeys, Lana Del Rey, The Foo Fighters and Lizzo.

But Lily was absent from the festival this year as she was busy taking the stage in The Pillowman’s West End run.

She rather made her West End debut in 2:22 A Ghost Story and now has returned to the stage in Martin McDonagh’s play The Pillowman.

Festival: The 38-year-old singer-turned-actress who is four years sober is no stranger to the buzz of the much-anticipated festival, and last year she performed with Olivia Rodrigo at the event

Advice: Although Lily was absent from Glastonbury this year due to her leading West End role in The Pillowman, she still made sure to give some advice to festival goers

Epic: Glastonbury came to an incredible close on Sunday night with a headlining set from Elton John in what was the star’s last ever UK show

Lily is the first woman to take on the lead role of Katurian in the 2003 revival of the play, which follows the fiction writer as she is imprisoned by a totalitarian state.

Starring Steve Pemberton, who plays Tupolski, and Matthew Tennyson, who stars as Michael, Lily plays the part previously played by David Tennant twenty years ago.

Speaking of the decision to cast a woman in the role, Lily shared The Telegraph: ‘I think it adds an extra layer of horror, because we are not used to women being beaten up.

“It will be shocking, in that sense. I also feel that men don’t necessarily get the same c**p for their artistic output as women do.’

The Pillowman follows Katurian as she is brutally interrogated by the authorities after a spate of murders bears similarities to her short stories.

Busy: Lily has been busy on stage in Martin McDonagh’s play The Pillowman (pictured), having previously made her West End debut in 2:22 A Ghost Story

It has received mixed reviews, with one critic of The Telegraph awarding it three stars and writing that they were “a bit bored.”

The times gave it two stars, but Nick Curtis van The evening standard awarded it four stars and wrote, “Allen, who made an impressive stage debut in Dunster’s running 2:22 A Ghost Story, is compulsive to watch: drawn, intense, angular.”

“But this show requires juggling emotional states that she can’t quite muster.”

The black comedy — which runs until Sept. 2 — “examines the artist’s role in society and asks what price we pay for freedom of expression,” according to a synopsis on the play’s website.

The Pillowman: What do the critics think?

The TelegraphClaire Allfree

Judgement:

‘[The] the production lacks psychological conviction and a certain atmospheric sharpness, while Allen is all out to sea amid the play’s bold shifts in tone.

“I went expecting to be shocked and nauseated. Instead, I noticed that I often got a little bored.’

The timesClive Davis

Judgement:

“Is Allen up to the task? It’s true that she didn’t disgrace herself in that hugely popular supernatural thriller, 2:22: A Ghost Story.

‘But here her limitations become more apparent. There is little variation in her voice and gestures; at times she seems almost a spectator at her own ordeal.

“It’s Steve Pemberton and Paul Kaye—as the sadistic Tupolski and Ariel, respectively—who grab your attention.”

The stageSam Marlow

Judgement:

There’s a pale emptiness about Allen that may be intentional but that makes her hard to deal with.

McDonagh looks at the myth of the tortured artist and the notion of creative immortality, rather than questioning it, but by mischievously refusing to commit to a point of view, he repeatedly undermines his own arguments, with the result that the piece feels thin and vague.”

The evening standardNick Curtis

Judgement:

“Allen, who made an impressive stage debut in Dunster’s 2:22 running A Ghost Story, is compulsive to watch: drawn, intense, angular.

“But this show requires juggling emotional states that she can’t quite muster.”

Theater maniaAlex Wood

As in her West End debut 2:22 A Ghost Story (also directed by Dunster), Allen does well on stage – sincere, eloquent and never overly maniacal in a role that could easily slip into the wrong hands in theatrical .

“She definitely has better material to work with here than she did on her freshman internship outing, to the extent that you can follow a pretty clear character arc as Katurian goes from bewilderment to confident catharsis.”